Advancing Plant Health: Durable disease control and combating emerging threats
Lead Research Organisation:
John Innes Centre
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
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Technical Summary
We will reveal how pests and pathogens, including emerging threats, challenge the sustainability of UK and global crop production and biodiversity. We will apply lessons from this research to increase the resilience of crops in the face of rapid changes in pest and disease pressures, the environment, and socio-economic demands.
Climate change, international trade and travel are accelerating the global dispersal of pathogens and pests, challenging the goal of predictable, environmentally friendly crop production. Resilient food production in changing climates requires effective control of, and durable resistance to, multiple pests and diseases. WP4 closely aligns with research on host resistance (WP1), pathogen variation (WP2) and the agricultural ecosystem (WP3) and will build on JIC and TSL’s extensive experience of long-term work on plant diseases and pests.
The overall goal of WP4 is to maximise the durability and effectiveness of disease and pest management and resistance in crops. By investigating evolutionary mechanisms of pathogens and pests within agricultural ecosystems, we will understand how they spread to new locations and adapt to different crops and environments (SO 4.1). Dissecting phenotypic variation in pests and pathogens will reveal how their populations respond to methods of disease control (SO 4.2). In SO 4.3 we will exploit advances in genomics to create new opportunities for developing novel and durable resistance as a key strategy for economically and ecologically sustainable control of pests and diseases. To enable the UK’s natural environment to recover from ecological damage of multiple introductions of destructive diseases37, we will apply lessons from crop breeding to accelerate natural selection for disease resistance in trees.
Climate change, international trade and travel are accelerating the global dispersal of pathogens and pests, challenging the goal of predictable, environmentally friendly crop production. Resilient food production in changing climates requires effective control of, and durable resistance to, multiple pests and diseases. WP4 closely aligns with research on host resistance (WP1), pathogen variation (WP2) and the agricultural ecosystem (WP3) and will build on JIC and TSL’s extensive experience of long-term work on plant diseases and pests.
The overall goal of WP4 is to maximise the durability and effectiveness of disease and pest management and resistance in crops. By investigating evolutionary mechanisms of pathogens and pests within agricultural ecosystems, we will understand how they spread to new locations and adapt to different crops and environments (SO 4.1). Dissecting phenotypic variation in pests and pathogens will reveal how their populations respond to methods of disease control (SO 4.2). In SO 4.3 we will exploit advances in genomics to create new opportunities for developing novel and durable resistance as a key strategy for economically and ecologically sustainable control of pests and diseases. To enable the UK’s natural environment to recover from ecological damage of multiple introductions of destructive diseases37, we will apply lessons from crop breeding to accelerate natural selection for disease resistance in trees.
Planned Impact
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Organisations
- John Innes Centre (Lead Research Organisation)
- Kenya Agriculture & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) (Collaboration)
- Wageningen University & Research (Collaboration)
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- WARWICKSHIRE COLLEGE (Collaboration)
- University of Kyoto (Collaboration)
- International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT) (Collaboration)
- Nanjing Agricultural University (Collaboration)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Collaboration)
- FOREST RESEARCH (Collaboration)
- Calleva Research Centre (Collaboration)
- NATURAL ENGLAND (Collaboration)
- Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (Collaboration)
- The Wildlife Trusts (Collaboration)
- UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY (Collaboration)
Publications
Adachi H
(2023)
Jurassic NLR: Conserved and dynamic evolutionary features of the atypically ancient immune receptor ZAR1.
in The Plant cell
Adamala KP
(2024)
Confronting risks of mirror life.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Ahn HK
(2023)
Effector-dependent activation and oligomerization of plant NRC class helper NLRs by sensor NLR immune receptors Rpi-amr3 and Rpi-amr1.
in The EMBO journal
AmirAli Toghani
(2024)
PREreview of "A wheat tandem kinase sensor activates an NLR helper to trigger immunity"
Arnold C
(2024)
Multiple routes to fungicide resistance: Interaction of Cyp51 gene sequences, copy number and expression
in Molecular Plant Pathology
Brock RE
(2025)
Crop-pest interactions in a warming world
Canham J
(2024)
GetGenome: Empowering scientists throughout the global south
| Title | Video describing UK CGIAR Centre project in Kenya |
| Description | Video describing UK CGIAR Centre project in Kenya |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Impact | Widely viewed |
| URL | https://www.cabi.org/news/uk-cgiar-video-tackling-wheat-rust-in-kenya/ |
| Description | AHDB Wheat Crop Committee (Recommended List) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | 1. Improved, more durable resistance of wheat varieties to the full range of fungal and viral diseases and insect pests. 2. Improved methods of trialling, analysing and rating varieties for disease resistance. 3. Contribution to rigorous assessment of disease ratings in variety recommendation. |
| Description | Advice on calculation of Recommended List disease ratings |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Impact | Improved effectiveness and durability of crop disease resistance |
| Description | BSPP Undergraduate Vacation Bursery scheme |
| Amount | £4,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The British Society of Plant Pathology |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2024 |
| End | 09/2024 |
| Description | Expansions of dsRNA crop protection solutions to a UK-based coleopteran pest |
| Amount | £57,935 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Croda Europe Ltd |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2024 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | FraxNet: Resistance and Propagation of European Ash |
| Amount | £68,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2024 |
| End | 04/2027 |
| Description | Genetic Diversity for Resistance to Dutch Elm Disease in Field Elm from England |
| Amount | £242,793 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 03/2026 |
| Description | Plant Health Undergraduate Studentships 2022 |
| Amount | £4,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Society of Biology (RSB) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2023 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | Plant Health Undergraduate Studentships 2024 |
| Amount | £4,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Society of Biology (RSB) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2024 |
| End | 09/2024 |
| Description | Pulse-Downy Mildew Pathosystem: deploying disease resistance, pathogenomics and microbial biocontrol |
| Amount | £403,813 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/T016043/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 01/2024 |
| Description | Recovery of Ashwoods from Ash Dieback |
| Amount | £248,802 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 03/2026 |
| Description | S-PROTECT |
| Amount | € 150,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Commission H2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 02/2025 |
| Description | Undergraduate Vacation Bursary |
| Amount | £4,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | British Society of Plant Pathoogy |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2023 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | Undergraduate Vacation Bursary |
| Amount | £4,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The British Society of Plant Pathology |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2023 |
| End | 08/2023 |
| Description | Wych Elm Seed Sourcing |
| Amount | £113,732 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Title | MARPLE diagnostics for wheat stem rust |
| Description | In partnership with CIMMYT we developed a version of our MARPLE (Mobile And Real-time PLant disEase) diagnostics tool for rapid diagnostics and surveillance of the wheat stem rust pathogen in situ. Generating results within 48 hours of field sampling, this new strategy is a revolution in plant disease diagnostics and will have far-reaching implications for how plant health threats are identified and tracked into the future. |
| Type Of Material | Biological samples |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This method has been adopted in National Surveillance programmes for the wheat rust in multiple countries worldwide. |
| URL | https://marple-diagnostics.org |
| Title | Method of rapid, even germination of ash seed |
| Description | We have developed a method for germinating ash seed rapidly, evenly and successfully. In nature, ash seed germinates over a period of 18 months to 6 years. The standard methods of germination by the forestry trade takes a minimum of 8 months and has a very low probability of success. The method we have developed takes 9 days, produces cohorts of uniform seedlings and has a success rate of 80-95%, depending on the quality of seed from the mother treee. It will be published shortly. |
| Type Of Material | Biological samples |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This method will be primarily useful for producing planting stock for seed orchards to recover ash populations from ash dieback and other diseases and pests. It will also be ideal for research on pathology and genetics of ash, including pest and disease resistance as well as other traits. It makes genetic analysis of ash possible for the first time. |
| Title | PacBioHiFi genome sequence for Psylloides chrysocephala (cabbage stem flea beetle) |
| Description | Low input PacBio HiFi genome assemble from a single female of beetle Psylloides chrysocephala (cabbage stem flea beetle). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Use of sequencing technology has identified the possibility and future potential for genome sequencing of single non-clonal insects. This was only the third time such a genome library had been sequenced, the previous being two libraries for Bombus species with a 50% success rate and the first time a beetle has been sequenced in this manner. These data have been added to Hi-C data generated by Rothamsted to support genome assembly and this underpins further research now ongoing at JIC to look at other sequencing methodologies on controlled populations for variation identification. |
| Title | Psylloides chrysocephala CSFB Family B6 parental data |
| Description | ~30x PE Illumina sequence data for parents of the B6 controlled CSFB population |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Data is feeding into the development of our CSFB genome sequencing strategy |
| Title | Psylloides chrysocephala CSFB Family F1 ONT data |
| Description | ONT data generated from individual an polled F1 infividulas from the B6 population. Data used for Trio binning approach to determine quality genome sequence. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Sequenced used to determine quality CFSB genome sequence for future research and porential for trio binning approach. Quality genomes have been produced. |
| Description | Calleva Centre Working Group |
| Organisation | Calleva Research Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Co-applicant of the project and contributor to the discussion group |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussion and plan for legume research in the UK |
| Impact | Establishment of a working group to support legume research |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Cell biology of NLR immune receptors |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | To understand the sub cellular localisation of NLR immune receptors both in their resting and activated states. Ibrahim, T., Yuen, E.L.H., Wang, H.Y., King, F.J., Toghani, A., Kourelis, J., Vuolo, C., Adamkova, V., Castel, B., Jones, J.D.G., Wu, C.-H., Kamoun, S. and Bozkurt, T.O. 2024. A helper NLR targets organellar membranes to trigger immunity. bioRxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.19.613839. Madhuprakash, J., Toghani, A., Contreras, M.P., Posbeyikian, A., Richardson, J., Kourelis, J., Bozkurt, T.O., Webster, M.W., and Kamoun, S. 2024. A disease resistance protein triggers oligomerization of its NLR helper into a hexameric resistosome to mediate innate immunity. Science Advances, 10:eadr2594. Selvaraj, M., Toghani, A., Pai, H., Sugihara, Y., Kourelis, J., Yuen, E.L.H., Ibrahim, T., Zhao, H., Xie, R., Maqbool, A., De la Concepcion, J.C., Banfield, M.J., Derevnina, L., Petre, B., Lawson, D.M., Bozkurt, T.O., Wu, C.-H. Kamoun, S., and Contreras, M.P. 2024. Activation of plant immunity through conversion of a helper NLR homodimer into a resistosome. PLOS Biology, 22:e3002868. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partner is an expert in plant cell biology (a real cell biologist) and has contributed to imaging NLR immune receptors. |
| Impact | Punctate plasma membrane localisation of activated NLR proteins Organellar localisation of helper NLR proteins Perihaustorial localisation of helper NLR proteins |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Collaboration with Prof. Ryohei Terauchi |
| Organisation | University of Kyoto |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Retooling rice immunity for resistance against rice blast disease The collaborator Prof. Kamoun is a world-renowned scientist in the field of plant-microbe interactions. Short visits of young Japanese scientists to Prof. Kamoun's laboratory to carry out collaborative studies will greatly enhance their career development by exposure to The Sainsbury Lab research environment and learning the cutting edge scientific researches implemented in the Kamoun Lab. Among the benefits, the visiting scientists will enhance their presentation skills by joining weekly lab meetings and journal clubs and present his/her own work. Overall, these activities will help foster the next generation scientists of Japan and enable them to build lasting connection with UK science. Development of durable blast disease resistant rice cultivars by engineering of NLRs and S-genes will greatly benefit Japanese rice production by ensuring high productivity and reducing the use of fungicide. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Prof. Terauchi is a leading figure in rice research and has developed methods for genomics-based isolation of rice genes, e.g. MutMap. In addition, he is a leader in blast fungus having cloned and studied both rice immune receptors, such as Pik-1, and matching fungus effectors. Thus, UK team would greatly benefit from the collaboration not only from an intellectual perspective but also from the practical aspects of technology transfer, method development and exchange of biomaterial. Visits to Japan would be extremely productive as they will tap into years of expertise and knowledge about the rice blast system. Some of the proposed work, such as S-gene cloning by using rice inbred lines, would essentially be impossible in the UK as rice cannot be grown outdoors. Although the primary goal of this collaboration is on rice blast, this fungal disease has emerged as a significant problem on wheat and is a potential threat to Europe. This collaboration will help the Kamoun Lab transition to blast diseases, which has started in 2016 following the Bangladeshi wheat blast outbreak. Interactions with the Japanese collaborators would also ensure the success of the recently funded Advanced Investigator ERC award to Kamoun, which focuses on blast diseases. |
| Impact | 33 publications per PubMed (March 2021) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=kamoun%20AND%20terauchi&sort=date?=yes |
| Description | Collaboration with Prof. Suomeng Dong |
| Organisation | Nanjing Agricultural University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Transcriptome specialization following host-jumps in the Irish potato famine pathogen lineage The collaborator Prof. Kamoun is a world leading scientist in the field of plant-microbe interactions. Short visits of young Chinese scientists to Prof. Kamoun's group at The Sainsbury Lab to carry out collaboration will greatly enhance their career development by exposure to an outstanding research environment and cutting edge scientific research. Among the benefits, the visiting scientists will enhance their communication and presentation skills by joining weekly lab meetings and presenting their own work. Overall, these activities will help foster the next generation scientists of China and enable them to build lasting connections with UK science. More specifically, Chinese research community will access high-quality and large-scale PacBio sequencing of potato late blight genomes. The CRISPR/Cas9 tool that modified in this project will be shared with the wider Chinese Phytopathology community. Also, the open source aspects of the project would serve as an exemplar for the wider community. China is the biggest potato producer in the world yet late blight remains the number disease and problem of the Chinese potato crop. This project would ultimately provide useful information for engineering |
| Collaborator Contribution | Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) is the center of excellence for oomycete (Phytophthora) research in China. After joining NAU in 2014, Prof. Suomeng Dong has quickly developed into one of the most energetic new wave scientists in this field, having studied several aspects of Phytophthora gene regulation, such as discovering m6A DNA methylation and alternative splicing pathways. He received prestigious awards such as Chinese National Science Fund for Excellent Young investigator and National Thousand Youth Talents Plan. Thus, the UK team would greatly benefit from the collaboration not only from an intellectual perspective but also from the practical aspects of technology transfer, method development and exchange of biomaterial. Visits to China would be extremely productive as they will tap into years of experience with Phytophthora, notably CRISPR/Cas gene editing. The collaboration would not only benefit the Kamoun Lab but also other groups at TSL that have an interest in P. infestans, e.g. the groups of Jonathan Jones and Wenbo Ma. This project will also strengthen links between the Norwich and China, given Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science (CEPAMS)-a budding partnership between the Norwich based John Innes Centre and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). |
| Impact | 11 joint publications per PubMed (March 2021) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=kamoun+AND+dong |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Collaboration with Prof. Tofazzal Islam |
| Organisation | Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Exchange of materials/expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Exchange of materials/expertise. Professor Islam's group is working on genomic and postgenomic analyses of wheat blast fungus, which recently emerged as a devastating pathogen of wheat in Bangladesh. He is leading a dream project titled "Mining biogold from Bangladesh"where they identified more than 600 plant probiotics potential for using as biofertilizer and biopesticides. Another important focus of Prof. Islam's group is to analyze the genomes of a number of plant probiotic bacteria potential for biocontrol of major phytopathogens and biofertilization of rice and wheat. In collaboration with Prof. Sophien Kamoun, Prof. Islam is dedicated to the promotion of open science and open data sharing (e.g., open wheat blast www.wheatblast.net) which they think very critical for rapidly addressing the emerging plant diseases. |
| Impact | #OpenWheatBlast http://openwheatblast.net https://twitter.com/search?q=%23OpenWheatBlast&src=typd Win, J., Chanclud, E., Reyes-Avila, C.S., Langner, T., Islam, T., and Kamoun, S. 2019. Nanopore sequencing of genomic DNA from Magnaporthe oryzae isolates from different hosts. Zenodo, http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2564950. Valent, B., Farman, M., Tosa, Y., Begerow, D., Fournier, E., Gladieux, P., Islam, M.T., Kamoun, S., Kemler, M., Kohn, L.M.8., Lebrun, M.H., Stajich, J.E., Talbot, N.J., Terauchi, R., Tharreau, D., Zhang, N. 2019. Pyricularia graminis-tritici is not the correct species name for the wheat blast fungus: response to Ceresini et al. (MPP 20:2). Molecular Plant Pathology, 20:173-179. Gupta, D.R., Reyes Avila, C., Win, J., Soanes, D.M., Ryder, L.S., Croll, D., Bhattacharjee, P., Hossain, S., Mahmud, N.U., Mehebub, S., Surovy, M.Z., Rahman, M., Talbot, N.J., Kamoun, S., and Islam, T. 2018. Cautionary notes on use of the MoT3 diagnostic assay for Magnaporthe oryzae Wheat and rice blast isolates. Phytopathology, in press. Islam, T., Croll, D., Gladieux, P., Soanes, D., Persoons, A., Bhattacharjee, P., Hossain, S., Gupta, D., Rahman, Md.M., Mahboob, M.G., Cook, N., Salam, M., Surovy, M.Z., Bueno Sancho, V., Maciel, J.N., Nani, A., Castroagudin, V., de Assis Reges, J.T., Ceresini, P., Ravel, S., Kellner, R., Fournier, E., Tharreau, D., Lebrun, M.-H., McDonald, B., Stitt, T., Swan, D., Talbot, N., Saunders, D., Win, J., and Kamoun, S. 2016. Emergence of wheat blast in Bangladesh was caused by a South American lineage of Magnaporthe oryzae. BMC Biology, 14:84. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Ecological factors determining the recovery of ash in natural woodland |
| Organisation | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Expertise on ash dieback and quantitative genetics. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise on ecology of natural woodland. |
| Impact | Future-Proofing Plant Health research grant from DEFRA. Disciplines: Plant pathology and quantitative genetics (JIC), woodland ecology (NE and CEH). |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Evolutionary mechanisms that equip wild potato with disease resistance against the notorious late blight pathogen (Phytophthora infestans) |
| Organisation | Wageningen University & Research |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Recognising the disease To defend itself the first thing the plant has to do is detect the pathogen. "The plant has receptors for this, a kind of antennas. These bind tiny pieces of Phytophthora protein, which is the signal that something is wrong. This is when the defense responses kick in. So it is very important that the plant can actually detect the disease and has the right receptors in place to activate its defences", says Vleeshouwers. These receptors are located either inside or on the surface of the cell. Receptors inside the cell are encoded by specific R genes (R stands for resistance), and potato breeders take advantage of these. They develop resistant varieties by selecting for these R genes. However, the problem is that the pathogen manages to break through that resistance, time and again. "Much less is known about the receptors on the outside, on the cell surface, the Pattern Recognition Receptors (PRRs). These receptors drive more general immune responses," Vleeshouwers says. Plant breeders are currently focusing their attention on R genes, but there is still a gap to be filled in the fundamental understanding of PRRs before the potential applications and benefits of less specific defensive responses can be explored in breeding robust disease resistance. To this end, Wageningen University & Research is cooperating with the University of Tübingen (Germany) and The Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich (UK) to study the evolution and diversification of PRRs in potato. |
| Collaborator Contribution | PERU Vleeshouwers explains, "We have been studying a specific type of PRR receptor called PERU. It binds a special piece of Phytophthora protein, Pep-13, which triggers the potato plant to recognise the disease. It was generally assumed that PRR receptors hardly change over time (a well-known example is the very stable receptor that recognises bacteria flagella). But we found that PERU actually exhibits dynamic evolution, and changes much faster than the more well-known PRR receptors. This is a totally new insight." According to co-research leader Thorsten Nürnberger of the Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP) at the University of Tübingen, the research results show that the evolution of immune receptors on the cell surface of plants is much more complex than we previously thought. |
| Impact | Sustainable cultivation This insight into this type of receptors (with more to follow) paves the way for the sustainable potato of the future. This sustainable crop could have R genes encoding for specific receptors within the cells, plus enhanced general defensive responses using PRRs on the cell surface. "Before today, breeders focused on R genes. However, the resistance they offer is constantly being thwarted. By studying how wild potato species survive in an environment where they are constantly assailed by diseases, we can discover what mechanisms they use, and then introduce these mechanisms in our own potato varieties," Vleeshouwers concludes. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Heritability of ash dieback resistance and tolerance in the natural environment |
| Organisation | The Wildlife Trusts |
| Department | Essex Wildlife Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Measurement of ash dieback severity in natural environment. Statistical analysis of biometrical genetic data. Calculation of heritability of resistance and tolerance to ash dieback. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expert knowledge of the location of ashwoods and the severity of ash dieback in them. |
| Impact | Paper on heritability of resistance and tolerance to ash dieback in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Heritability of ash dieback resistance and tolerance in the natural environment |
| Organisation | The Wildlife Trusts |
| Department | Norfolk Wildlife Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Measurement of ash dieback severity in natural environment. Statistical analysis of biometrical genetic data. Calculation of heritability of resistance and tolerance to ash dieback. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expert knowledge of the location of ashwoods and the severity of ash dieback in them. |
| Impact | Paper on heritability of resistance and tolerance to ash dieback in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Heritability of ash dieback resistance and tolerance in the natural environment |
| Organisation | The Wildlife Trusts |
| Department | Warwickshire Wildlife Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Measurement of ash dieback severity in natural environment. Statistical analysis of biometrical genetic data. Calculation of heritability of resistance and tolerance to ash dieback. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expert knowledge of the location of ashwoods and the severity of ash dieback in them. |
| Impact | Paper on heritability of resistance and tolerance to ash dieback in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Heritability of ash dieback resistance and tolerance in the natural environment |
| Organisation | The Wildlife Trusts |
| Department | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Measurement of ash dieback severity in natural environment. Statistical analysis of biometrical genetic data. Calculation of heritability of resistance and tolerance to ash dieback. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expert knowledge of the location of ashwoods and the severity of ash dieback in them. |
| Impact | Paper on heritability of resistance and tolerance to ash dieback in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | KALRO |
| Organisation | Kenya Agriculture & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Training of partners in MARPLE diagnostics methodology to genotype rust samples in near real-time. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Surveillance for wheat rusts & samples for genotyping. |
| Impact | First real-time data on rust genotypes currently in Kenya. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Potential for recovery of ashwoods following the ash dieback epidemic |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Genetic analysis of ash dieback resistance |
| Collaborator Contribution | Ecology of ashwoods |
| Impact | Future-Proofing Plant Health grant awarded by DEFRA |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Potential for recovery of ashwoods following the ash dieback epidemic |
| Organisation | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Genetic analysis of ash dieback resistance |
| Collaborator Contribution | Ecology of ashwoods |
| Impact | Future-Proofing Plant Health grant awarded by DEFRA |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Recovery of UK elm populations from Dutch elm disease |
| Organisation | Forest Research |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Collection of genetic resources. Pathology experiments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Training in pathology experiments. Training in biology and ecology of DED. |
| Impact | Future-Proofing Plant Health grant awarded by DEFRA Seed Sourcing Grant awarded by Forestry Commission |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Recovery of UK elm populations from Dutch elm disease |
| Organisation | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Collection of genetic resources. Pathology experiments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Training in pathology experiments. Training in biology and ecology of DED. |
| Impact | Future-Proofing Plant Health grant awarded by DEFRA Seed Sourcing Grant awarded by Forestry Commission |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Recovery of UK elm populations from Dutch elm disease |
| Organisation | Warwickshire College |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collection of genetic resources. Pathology experiments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Training in pathology experiments. Training in biology and ecology of DED. |
| Impact | Future-Proofing Plant Health grant awarded by DEFRA Seed Sourcing Grant awarded by Forestry Commission |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Synergy of infection of ash by ash dieback and emerald ash borer |
| Organisation | Forest Research |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Expertise on ash dieback and quantitative genetics |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise on emerald ash borer |
| Impact | Research grant from DEFRA's Centre for Forest Protection |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Wheat Disease Early Warning Advisory System (Wheat DEWAS) |
| Organisation | International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT) |
| Country | Mexico |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | CIMMYT has launched the Wheat Disease Early Warning Advisory System (Wheat DEWAS), funded through a $7.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, to enhance crop resilience to wheat diseases. Wheat DEWAS is designed to help safeguard wheat productivity and advance sustainable agricultural practices in collaboration with international partners, including researchers at the John Innes Centre, The Sainsbury Laboratory and GetGenome. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Led by David Hodson from CIMMYT and Maricelis Acevedo from Cornell University, this ambitious project brings together a global team of experts. Professor Sophien Kamoun is particularly delighted to expand collaboration with CIMMYT and African scientists, developing and expanding the cutting-edge platforms for genomic surveillance of wheat pathogen. Open science and international collaborations were at the core of the successful tracing and identification of wheat blast clones after the devastating wheat disease spread to two other continents. By creating the website Open Wheat Blast, the rapid sharing of data was facilitated between researchers, which proved crucial for tracking wheat blast pathogens and ensured that all contributions were appropriately credited. This resulting publication was recently highlighted as an exemplary way of working with the Global South in an article calling for more collaborative authorship practices. GetGenome, a charitable initiative that aims to provide equitable access to genomic technologies, was inspired by these principles and is designed to enable open science and data sharing with contributions properly credited from the start. |
| Impact | The combination of rapid identification of emerging variants together with pathotyping to assess the variants' potential to impact wheat production will inform the generation of a list of Variants of Concern. This valuable data will be shared with project partners and contribute to the deployment of effective disease management strategies. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Title | Ash seed orchard |
| Description | We have planted the first part of a seed orchard of ash trees which are likely to have resistance to ash dieback. A minority of these 471 trees were propagated as grafts while the majority have been transplanted from heavily diseased areas where they displayed much lower than average ash dieback symptoms. (Transplanting was done with the permission of the landowner, of course.) The second half of the nursery, largely consisting of seedlings grown from resistant mother trees, will mostly be planted in winter 2024/25 with a small proportion remaining to be planted in winter 2025/26. The nursery forms part of the Wendling Beck Environment Project near Dereham, Norfolk, a pioneering habitat creation, nature restoration and regenerative farming project. |
| Type Of Technology | Physical Model/Kit |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Impact | The seed orchard will be rogued annually for the next 8-10 years so that the remaining trees are selected for high resistance to ash dieback. These trees will then interbreed, producing large quantities of seed with high frequencies of ash dieback resistance genes for distribution to the public sector, community groups and the commercial forestry sector. Payment for seed by commercial producers will help to recoup the costs of planting the nursery. |
| Company Name | Resurrect Bio |
| Description | Resurrect Bio develops gene editing technology designed to resurrect R-genes in crops such as soy, aiming to provide a more sustainable alternative to chemical agricultural controls. |
| Year Established | 2021 |
| Impact | Delivering disease resistance traits. Integrating AI into plant disease resistance breeding. |
| Website | http://resurrect.bio |
| Description | Bacterial Plant Diseases Final Projects' meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Bacterial Plant Diseases Final Projects' meeting, Manchester University, UK, 5-6 Ma '24. Presented a talk on BRIGIT. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://bacterialplantdiseases.uk |
| Description | CIFAR's Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Opportunities (FKG) Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CIFAR's Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Opportunities Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | CIMMYT visitors week |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended CIMMYT visitor's week and provided a training workshop on career development for female researchers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Coauthor on paper on risks of mirror bacteria |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Coauthor on paper on risks of mirror bacteria. Some followup media engagement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39666824/ |
| Description | Conference Oral Presentation: Do warm winters drive insect pest-associated yield declines in rapeseed? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | AAB: Crop pest climate interaction conference talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Conference Oral Presentation: Plant genetics, climate change and crop-pest interactions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at US conference. Interest shown in work and further interaction |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Conference Oral Presentation:Crop-pest interactions in a warming world |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk on work at OREGIN conference by R Brock |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Conference Oral Presentation:Towards understanding the genetic mechanism of resistance against Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | OREGIN annual conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Conference presentation: Microbiology Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Microbiology Society Annual Conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Defra Programme Management Group meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with GIN leads, funders, government and external (BBSRC, Defra, AHDB) advisors, Defra Headquarters, Nobel House, London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Defra Research Advisory Group meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with GIN leads, funders, research advisors and project officer, 8th June 2023, JIC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | East Cambridge farmers group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to East Cambridge Farmer group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Engagement with Government: Visit from the Defra AgriScience team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Interest in JIC research and further interaction |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Engagement with Industry/Funders - AHDB project meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Ongoing dialogue between AHDB and JIC. Conference speaker invite. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Engagement with Industry: Frontier visit to JIC for relationship building and knowledge exchange |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Frontier visit to JIC for relationship building and knowledge exchange |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Engagement with Industry: BCPC working group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Further discussion and development of beneficials programs planned |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Engagement with Industry: CIBUS translation talks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on translation of methodology to industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Engagement with Industry: Condimentum/English Mustard Growers research needs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Furthe discussion ongoing. Some work currently funded with breeders iCASE studentship |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2024 |
| Description | Engagement with Industry: Development of genome editing in Sinapis alba |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss the potential of editing in Sinpais alba. Research from JIC will be taken up by industry. Funding for further research within a iCASE PhD project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2024 |
| Description | Engagement with Industry: OSR reboot kick off, agronomy, policy and genetics meetings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge exchange/working group to support the promotion of the OSR industry. Outcomes include furhte communication plans, lobbying and developing support for OSR community |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Engagement with Industry: Oilseed rape reboot development meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Initial meetign for program development |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Engagement with Industry: Visit by AIC (Agricultural Industries Confederation) board of directors - seed sector |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Further interest in JIC science |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Engagement with Industry: Visit to breeder KWS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to industry to develop understanding between research and industry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Engagement with other research organisations and HEIs: Glucosinolates for crop protection, Babara Halkier |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit to discuss potential collaboration with Dynamo Institute |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Engagement with other research organisations and HEIs: Visit from Huazong Agricultural University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit fro HUA. This has sparked further interaction. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Engagement with other research organisations and HEIs: Visit from U of Warwick |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Plans made for further interaction between organisations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | FraxNet conference, organised by Elizabeth Orton for AAB |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Conference on pests and diseases of ash internationally and recovery of ash populations in Europe and North America. Organised on behalf of Association of Applied Biologists. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Gatsby summer school |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the Gatsby Plant Science summer school |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | ICF Open Day at Holkham Estate |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in Institute of Chartered Foresters Open Day at Holkham Hall. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | INRAE Rennes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visited Dr. Akiko Sugio and Dr. Jean-Christophe Simon, INRAE Rennes and presented a talk, 30 Jun - 1 Jul '23. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://igepp.rennes.hub.inrae.fr/listes-des-personnes/s/sugio-akiko |
| Description | Invited Speaker - University of Durham Plant Science Seminar Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This activity and visit have opened up potential further collaborative projects between JIC and U of Durham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Invited Speaker - University of Warwick Plant Sciences Seminar Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This has sparked collaboration between JIC and U of Warwick |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Invited presentation at NIAB Cambridge University Crop Science Seminar series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation at NIAB Cambridge University Crop Science Seminar series on 28th March, Title - Invited presentation at NIAB Cambridge University Crop Science Seminar series |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | JIC Breeders' Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Breeders' Day, 7th June 2023, Dorothea de Winton station, JIC: Talk and plot demonstration. 'New horizons for pea' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Open day for ICF at JIC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation during Open Day for members of Institute of Chartered Foresters at JIC. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Predicting the Next Plant Disease Pandemic |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attend discussion on Predicting the Next Plant Disease Pandemic |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation at AgriTech Week |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at AgriTech Week. The event title is 'Real-world solutions to tackle the impacts of climate change in East Anglia'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation at International Legume Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Main Presentation at International Legume Society, 22nd September 2023, Granada, Spain: Title - 'A repertoire of Pisum immune receptors supported the discovery of new downy mildew resistance' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation at PCGIN stakeholder meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | PCGIN stakeholder meeting, 15th February, 2024, University of Reading, UK. Main presentation: 'Genomic and genetic resources for enhanced disease resistance in pea' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation at PCGIN stakeholder meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | PCGIN stakeholder meeting, 15th February, 2024, University of Reading, UK. Flash presentation 'Pea root rot diagnosis by LAMP technology' - Alba Pacheco Moreno, Sanu Arora |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation at UK Legume Research Community (UKLRC) meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UK Legume Research Community (UKLRC) meeting, 14th February, 2024, University of Reading, UK: Main presentation 'Putting root rot on the spot: Characterising genetic sources of resistance against pea root diseases' - Nicolas Trenk, Jitender Cheema, Alba Pacheco-Moreno, David Gilbert, Jane Thomas*, Claire Domoney, Ellen Sizer-Coverdale**, Noel Ellis, Sanu Arora |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation to Norfolk CC, DEFRA, farmers & others |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Talk about ash dieback and recovery from it to a tour party at Gorgate Farm, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk), organised by Norfolk County Council and including staff of other county councils (e.g. Cornwall, Kent), DEFRA, Norfolk farmers, environmental charities, etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Royal Society of Biology Plant Health Ungergraduate Studentship Placement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Investigating genetic variation associated with cabbage stem flea beetle larval resistance in Brassica napus. Placement duration: 10 weeks (10/06-16/08/2024). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Royal Society: Transforming our future: Innovating agriculture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Exploring the concept of 'Transforming our future: Innovating agriculture' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2024/06/agriculture-tof/ |
| Description | Royla Society: UK-Brazil bilateral international meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and participation in The Royal Society: UK-Brazil bilateral international meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | SchoBozKa Annual Retreat |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The event is an annual retreat of the following labs to enable interactions between the team members and explore research avenues. This also includes a career development activity. The groups involved are Sebastian Schornack @dromius | Tolga Bozkurt @Tolga_Bzkrt | Lida Derevnina @lderevnina | Phil Carella @Phil_Carella | Jiorgos Kourelis @JiorgosKourelis |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024,2025 |
| URL | https://kamounlab.tumblr.com/post/776102920337915904/its-that-time-of-year-schobozka-running-strong |
| Description | Seminar at Cambridge University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Seminar at seminar series at Cambridge University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | TSL Symposium - Plant resistance to pathogens in the face of climate change |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The symposium held on November 4th, 2024, in Norwich. This event marks the launch of the strategic partnership between The Sainsbury Laboratory and the Khalifa Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. Our collaboration aims to advance climate-resilient plant immunity research by uniting our expertise in plant-pathogen interactions specific to desert and dryland plants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://kamounlab.medium.com/opening-remarks-tsl-symposium-plant-resistance-to-pathogens-in-the-face... |
| Description | Talk about recovery of native trees from disease |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Talk to the Tree Council's network of tree wardens about recovery of ash and elm from disease, and the scope for establishing community tree nurseries to achieve this. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Talk at SASPP conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote presentation at the South African Society of Plant Pathology annual meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk to Institute of Chartered Foresters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Members Hour: talk on recovery of UK ash from ash dieback to members of Institute of Chartered Foresters |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Training Delivered: Training in cabbage stem flea beetle rearing BugBiome |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Training in rearing protocol to support industry research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Training Delivered: Training in cabbage stem flea beetle rearing and experimentation KWS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Training to commercial partner to adopt our methodologies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Training provided: MSc leacture in Brassica Genetics, Genomics and GWAS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Students trained in Brassica |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Tunisia conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk at Tunisian conference on plant pathology |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Visit to JIC - Breeders day 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Further interaction with industry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Visit to Processors and Growers Research Organisation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion about commercialising research activities and engagement with wider audience and future collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Visit to industry: Catalyst Farming |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to group of innovative farmers including Holkam and Salle estates |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Work experience/Year 10 camp /Undergraduate placement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Year 10 work experience student hosted in CSFB group from 10-14/06/2024. Student now keen to get into science |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Workshop on germplasm evaluation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at a workshop on "Enhancing Wheat Disease Early Warning Systems, Germplasm Evaluation, Selection and Tools for Improving Wheat Breeding Pipelines" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |